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LISTEN: EV Maker Lost $44M in Q1 After Delivering...

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2025/05/16

It seems it’s been a while where EV maker Faraday Future has been hanging by a thread. In the past year or so, the company has barely avoided bankruptcy and being evicted from its California headquarters. Following a cash infusion, the company has worked hard to stay afloat, even showing off two prototype mules and announcing plans to ultimately offer a sub-$30,000 electric van early this year. So how has it been going since?

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LISTEN: Another EV Maker Is on the Brink of Collapse

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2025/05/15

Another electric vehicle maker appears to be on the brink of collapse, the latest in a growing trend of EV startups failing to break through in a crowded marketplace. This time it's Bollinger Motors, a commercial EV company founded nearly 10 years ago. According to The Detroit News, the company, which was acquired by Mullen Automotive in 2022, has been struggling to pay employees, contribute to 401(k) accounts and cover debts. Those debts include a $10 million loan from founder Robert Bolling...

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LISTEN: Ammunition Manufacturer Announces $300M New...

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2025/05/14

A leading global manufacturer of ammunition plans to spend $300 million to establish a new plant in Oklahoma, state and company officials announced Monday. CBC Global Ammunition, a Brazilian company that also owns the Magtech, MEN and Sinterfire brands of small-caliber ammunition, will establish what would be its third U.S. facility at the MidAmerica Industrial Park in the state’s northeastern corner.

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1:51

LISTEN: Ford Worker Accused of Stealing Millions of...

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2025/05/13

It so happens that occasionally a worker gets busted for theft that takes place in the workplace, but it’s the scale of this next incident that makes it an eye-popping scenario. Four individuals have been charged in a theft ring that allegedly saw millions in car parts lifted from several Michigan Ford factories, and one of them was a Ford employee. Dearborn police say they’ve uncovered a scheme involving Ford-manufactured parts and accessories. After a monthslong investigation, authorities a...

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LISTEN: Meet the Production Car that Just Shattered...

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2025/05/12

Koenigsegg is a Swedish manufacturer of high-performance sports cars that has been credited with some of the most exciting designs to hit automotive since its founding in 1994. And its latest does not disappoint.New reports claim that a recent test of the Koenigsegg Jesko actually resulted in a world record. The vehicle was already known for being one of the fastest production cars of all time – but not THE fastest. That’s because the vehicle’s zero to 60 has been outpaced by others, specific...

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LISTEN: LEGO Debuts 10 Fully-Drivable F1 Cars

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2025/05/09

LEGO Group and Formula 1 unveiled 10 fully-drivable F1 cars in Miami on Sunday. The effort was the fruit of a partnership with all 10 teams on the grid and they made their debut at the Miami Grand Prix Driver's Parade. Each vehicle is made of some 400,000 bricks and weighs a little more than 3,300 pounds—2,200 of that is just the bricks. The average F1 car weighs only 1,759 pounds, including the driver but no fuel, and typically consists of zero LEGO bricks. The vehicles have a bit of a...

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LISTEN: Trump Taps L3Harris to Retrofit Old 747 Into...

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2025/05/08

Back in February, President Donald Trump said Boeing's progress on the new Air Force One was taking too long, and he threatened to go another way, maybe even dipping into the used aircraft market to find something to convert. Well, it appears that the president has reached the end of his patience and is now repurposing a used Qatari plane to become the new Air Force One, and he’s tasked one of Boeing’s contractors to get it done.

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LISTEN: VW’s Electric Bus Recalled for Too Much...

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2025/05/07

A new recall, spotted by Electrek, is targeting the ID.Buzz for having too much space for passengers in the third row. The vehicle was designed to have two designated seating positions in the back row, so the bench seat is logically equipped with just two seatbelts. But, as the NHTSA puts it, the calculated seating surface width of the third-row rear bench exceeds the maximum value allowed by federal motor vehicle safety standards. In other words, it’s too comfortable, making it too easy to s...

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LISTEN: Volonaut Airbike Takes to the Sky for the...

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2025/05/06

From the inventor of the Jetson ONE hoverbike comes a new innovation in an open-air concept. Designed in stealth, Tomasz Patan gave zero updates on his latest project before the bike's unveiling on May 1st. As part of the announcement, Patan released a video in which he can be seen gliding around a forest and through a valley on his newest creation, which he claims to be a ‘breakthrough in personal air mobility.’

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LISTEN: Will This Carmaker's 'Secret Stockpile' Save...

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2025/05/05

For many automakers the current market is clear as mud. Production shifts are being proposed as tariffs are hitting their supply chains, and pricing and buyer behavior are such a question mark that some have withdrawn their full year forecasts. But one EV brand may have had the foresight to get ahead of the drama. Carscoops recently reported that Rivian has been quietly amassing a “secret stockpile” of key components since before the 2024 election. They say that, because of this “refres...

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LISTEN: Body Armor Maker Sued for Mislabeling Plates...

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2025/05/02

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced a new lawsuit against body armor manufacturer ShotStop Ballistics from Stow, Ohio, for allegedly importing Chinese-produced plates and labeling them as “made in Ohio” and compliant with standards from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Department of Justice’s testing arm. The lawsuit stated that the alleged actions by ShotStop, its Vallmar Studios affiliate and owner Vall Iliev violated the Consumer Sales Practices Act (CSPA).

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LISTEN: Chemical Maker Wants to Build a Shell Around...

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2025/05/01

Based in Columbus, Ohio, Abitec makes ingredients used in the pharmaceutical, nutritional and specialty chemical industries. Specifically, the company manufactures functional lipids, products used in everything from making sure CBD stays evenly mixed in beverages to those used in suppositories to make sure they melt appropriately. The company operates a pair of manufacturing sites: a factory in Paris, Illinois that specializes in flaking, blending, and spray chilling, and another in Jan...

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LISTEN: IBM to Invest Billions in American Manufacturing

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2025/04/30

The company joins an increasing number of tech giants making significant U.S. investment plans.

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LISTEN: Gen Z in Manufacturing: Young People Prefer...

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2025/04/29

Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast that asks young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the industry and what they are looking for from an employer. For this episode, I welcome Adam Saleh, the 24-year-old CEO and founder of Presq, a design services company that helps consumers launch foot products. Saleh started Presq in 2019 during his engineering design fellowship with The 1881 Institute of Technology in collaboration with N...

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LISTEN: Worker Surveillance Co. Leaked Millions of...

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2025/04/29

With the shift to remote and hybrid work came what Microsoft calls “productivity paranoia” While many employers seek out the best ways to keep employees productive and on track, there can certainly be drawbacks to the most aggressive strategies.

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LISTEN: Trade War Could Put ‘Christmas in Danger’

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2025/04/28

“Christmas is in danger,” according to Toy Association CEO and president Greg Ahearn. In a report by NBC News, Ahearn said U.S. President Donald Trump’s increasing tariffs are disrupting manufacturing in China, where the Toy Association estimated 80% of toys sold in the U.S. are sourced.

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LISTEN: Amazon’s Internet Satellites Run into...

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2025/04/25

Amazon’s Project Kuiper is an ambitious project and could eventually be a serious competitor to SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service. But that’s only if Amazon can start building its satellites a little faster. According to Bloomberg, Project Kuiper has run into production delays. It’s on a government deadline to have about 1,600 satellites in orbit by next summer, but so far it’s only managed to churn out a few dozen of the spacecraft. The company will need to quadruple its productio...

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LISTEN: Ocean Navigator Fire Traced to Improper Oil...

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2025/04/24

On October 9, 2023, the Ocean Navigator passenger vessel owned by Victory Cruise Lines began a 10-night cruise from Montreal, Canada, to Boston, Massachusetts, with 128 passengers and 82 crewmembers aboard. Nine days later, at about 7:00 am, the vessel was docked in Portland, Maine, when a fire broke out in the engine room. The NTSB released a report this week that traced the fire to debris in the engine's lube oil system, which led to a catastrophic mechanical failure in the no. 2 auxiliary ...

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LISTEN: China Bans 'Self-Driving' Ads, Software Updates

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2025/04/23

While the ramp-up of autonomous driving tools has been years in the making, China appears to be tapping the breaks on this emerging tech – or at least how it’s being portrayed. Recent reports say China has instituted a ban on certain words being used in advertising vehicles and their automated features. Such descriptions include the terms “smart,” “self-driving” and “autonomous driving.” But it doesn’t appear to end there. Reuters cited a meeting between Chinese government officials and auto ...

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125-Year-Old Truck Maker to Lay Off Up to 450, Cites...

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2025/04/22

Mack Trucks plans to lay off up to 450 workers at two facilities in Pennsylvania and Maryland, the company’s director of public relations, Kim Pupillo, confirmed. The medium and heavy-duty truck manufacturer’s job cuts will take place at the Lehigh Valley Operations center in Macungie [Muh-CUN-jee], Pennsylvania, and the Powertrain Development and Production plant in Hagerstown [HAY-guhrs-town], Maryland.

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